Syrians returned on Wednesday to the national museum in Damascus, reopened for the first time since Islamist-led forces seized the capital and ousted president Bashar al-Assad. The antiquities ...

Iraq wants to diversify its economy away from oil and toward tourism. Although Western travelers have made headlines in ...

The National Museum in Muscat continues to captivate history and art enthusiasts by offering a rare and enriching experience ...

The Baghdad Battery is believed to be about 2000 years old (from the Parthian period, roughly 250 BCE to CE 250). The jar was found in Khujut Rabu just outside Baghdad and is composed of a clay jar ...

Muscat: The National Museum opened an Islamic arts exhibition at the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization, on Monday.The exhibition showcases ...

This story appears in the July 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. I haven't returned to Baghdad to be a war tourist, attuning my eyes to the many long shadows cast by trauma, but it's ...

For example, at the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad, you'll see some of the most incredible antiquities in the world, including a 3,600-year-old sample of the world's first literature.